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Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007

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2008-05-14 22:50:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...Vista One Year Vulnerability Report , I have received many questions regarding the current vulnerability record of Windows Vista as compares with Windows XP SP2 This short paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for calendar year 2007 and a brief analysis to see if any benefit is...
 
Tags: windows vista, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows, windows, sp2, vulnerabilities, fewer vulnerabilities, short paper, vulnerability report
 
 
 
 
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Vista SP1 Goes To Manufacturing

2008-02-04 11:18:17 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Vista blog, that they have released Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to manufacturing . Users will not be able to download SP1 until mid-March, as the company is trying to make it available about the time that new systems with SP1 will be available in stores. This is the same time frame in which it will be available through the Microsoft...
 
Tags: sp1, windows vista blog, windows vista, vista sp1, microsoft download center, download center, windows, download sp1, device drivers
 
 
 
 
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Vista SP1 Goes to Manufacturing

2008-02-04 11:18:17 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...Vista blog, that it has released Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to manufacturing . Users will not be able to download SP1 until mid-March, as the company is trying to make it available about the time that new systems with SP1 will be available in stores. This is the same time frame in which it will be available through the Microsoft...
 
Tags: sp1, windows vista blog, windows vista, vista sp1, microsoft download center, download center, windows, download sp1, device drivers
 
 
 
 
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Download: Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report

2008-01-23 16:19:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows XP,...
 
Tags: windows, windows vista, security vulnerability profile, security, windows administrators significantly, systems red hat, predecessor, development process, process
 
 
 
 
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A Closer Look: Beta Vista Service Pack 1

2008-01-24 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a60 in Network World on Security
 
With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack
 
Tags: vista service pack, vista, system persistent, dissatisfaction, wrongs, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Vista Service Pack 1: 573 fixes in limbo

2008-03-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0c9a4 in Network World on Security
 
Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista is (almost) ready for prime time. SP1 contains a whopping 573 bug fixes and patches that have accumulated since Vista first shipped in early 2007, plus some performance improvements. I advise you to get it--but only after the wrinkles are ironed out
 
Tags: vista, service pack, windows vista, performance improvements, bug fixes, prime time, sp1, advise, wrinkles
 
 
 
 
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Free tools bring enterprise compatibility testing to Windows Vista

2008-04-13 21:37:57 by Brien M. Posey in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Application compatibility is a major issue for large companies planning a migration to Vista. Fortunately, Microsoft designed its free tool, Application Compatibility Manager, to help large enterprises test for Vista compatibility issues before making the upgrade
 
Tags: vista, application compatibility, application compatibility manager, vista compatibility issues, major issue, free tool, enterprises test, migration, companies
 
 
 
 
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Vista tools provide Windows error reporting for the enterprise

2008-05-06 09:01:54 by Brien Posey in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
With Windows Vista, Microsoft created Windows Error Reporting, a tool designed to ease the burden on help desk staffs when troubleshooting workstation errors. Along with Vista's corporate-level reporting mechanism, organizations can now treat errors as non-isolated events
 
Tags: vista, windows error, windows vista, workstation errors, treat errors, desk staffs, mechanism, ease, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Blame for Vista?

2008-05-19 14:25:57 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Vista as a preventer of Malware yet, as Im still fighting the BSODs. Although since the SP update 9 days ago, I havent had one. Maybe its fixed clipped from www.liquidmatrix.org New Strategy, Blame The Users clipped from www.liquidmatrix.org Software giant Microsoft has claimed user complacency is to blame for malware infections, and...
 
Tags: vista, blame, liquidmatrix, malware infections, malware, software giant microsoft, ponder vista, days ago, org